Jazz

Blossom Dearie

The Early Years Collection 1948-60

4CD

Blossom Dearie was a jazz pianist and vocalist with a style and technique which skilfully interwove her piano and voice…

Willie ‘The Lion’ Smith

100 Classic Recordings 1925-53

4CD

Willie “The Lion” Smith was a jazz and stride pianist, rivalling James P. Johnson, Fats Waller and Clarence Williams in…

Orrin Tucker & His Orchestra

Oh Johnny! The Golden Years 1938-49

2CD

Orrin Tucker was a saxophonist, singer and bandleader who had his heyday during the late 1930s and into the ‘40s,…

Lena Horne

Early Years: The Singles Collection 1941-50

2CD

Lena Horne was a multi-talented singer, dancer, actor and civil rights activist, who by the age of 16 was performing…

Tex Beneke

Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop! The Singles Collection 1946-54

2CD

Tex Beneke was a big band saxophonist and singer who joined the Glenn Miller Orchestra in 1941, and remained with…

Gene McDaniels

The Singles & Albums Collection 1959-62

2CD

Gene McDaniels was an African-American singer, who started out performing gospel, before turning to jazz, and came to the fore…

Freddie Slack

Mr. Five By Five: The Singles Collection 1940-49

2CD

Freddie Slack was a boogie-woogie pianist and swing bandleader who started out with Jimmy Dorsey’s band in the 1930s and…

Buddy DeFranco

The Bebop Years 1949-56

2CD

Buddy DeFranco was one of the few jazz clarinettists to come to prominence in the post-war era when the instrument…

Hendrik Meurkens & The WDR Big Band

Samba Jazz Odyssey

Track Listing: 1. A Night In Jakarta – 7:22   2. Manhattan Samba – 5:40   3. Prague In March – 5:36  …

Barney Kessel

The Essential Albums 1955-1963

4CD

Born October 23 1923, Barney Kessel was an American jazz guitarist born in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Known in particular for his…

Buddy Rich

Mr. Drums: The Buddy Rich Collection 1946-55

3CD

Jazz drummer Buddy Rich is famous as one of the most extrovert and impressive instrumentalists of his day, known for…

Cab Calloway

All The Hits And More 1930-56

2CD

Cab Calloway was a jazz singer, bandleader, songwriter, dancer and actor who came to fame as a regular performer at…

Bunk Johnson

Volume 2 “New Orleans” (1942-1945)

Although jazz trumpet player, Bunk Johnson, undoubtedly played a part in the early story of Jazz and was at the…

Chet Baker

Albert’s House

Chet Baker is considered one of jazz’s greatest trumpeters, recording numerous albums during his 35-year career. Albert’s House was recorded…

Gerry Mulligan

The Rare Albums Collection

4CD

The Rare Eight Albums Collection on FOUR CDs. Born April 1927, Gerry Mulligan was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinettist, composer…

Dizzy Gillespie & Lalo Schifrin

Studio And Live Collaborations 1960-62

2CD

Lalo Schifrin is an Argentinian pianist, composer, arranger and conductor who studied and played in France in the early ’50s…